Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
-
[1]research packet 367-packet.md (6 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: MISMATCH
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-gardoqui-ix218-pkt-367-packet-md
-
[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), 'Guardoqui' entry - Naval Historical Center page via Internet Archive Wayback capture; corroborating transcription at hazegray.org/danfs/ix/ix218.htm [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry text for Guardoqui (IX-218), NHC Danfs g9 page, Wayback capture 2013-02-01
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS documents: the name Gardoqui (borne by a Spanish gunboat captured in the Spanish-American War) 'was erroneously spelled Guardoqui when assigned to IX-218'; ex-E. T. Bedford built 1921 by Federal Ship Building Co., Kearny, N.J.; acquired from the WSA and commissioned at Pearl Harbor 23 June 1945, Lt. Harold L. Tysinger in command; employed as Mobile Floating Storage - departed Pearl Harbor 27 July 1945 for Eniwetok (arrived 12 August, discharged fuel and lube oil to Navy and merchant ships for almost a month), departed 7 September, Tokyo 21 September, departed Tokyo 7 November, Panama Canal via Pearl Harbor 28 December, anchored off Mobile, Ala. 6 January 1946; decommissioned Mobile 13 February 1946 and returned to the WSA; name struck from the Navy List 12 April 1946; 'sold to her previous owner, E. T. Bedford, 28 January 1947.' Characteristics: dp. 15,655 (hazegray transcription reads 15,665); l. 510'6"; b. 68'; s. 10 k.; cpl. 70.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1921-1947
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew of IX-218 (complement ~70, 1945-1946)
- Limitations
- DANFS is authoritative for career chronology but its disposition clause conflicts with the MARAD status card and NavSource on the 1947 purchaser (see correction row ev-07); displacement printed differently across transcriptions (15,655 vs 15,665). Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gardoqui-ix218-01
-
[3]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - E. T. BEDFORD, Detail 1314: vessel data fields plus scanned Reserve Fleet Division status card (images 1314_2408AF front, 1314_2408AB reverse) and attached document set [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 1314: data fields, milestone table, status card scans /cards/1314_2408AF.jpg and /cards/1314_2408AB.jpg, document ETBedford_1314_001.pdf
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD record: Official No. 221269; shipyard 'Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock'; year built 1921; tanker; 9,563 gross / 5,978 net tons; length 499.2 ft; beam 68.1 ft; cargo capacity 119,410 bbls; milestones Disposition and Withdrawal both 1/28/1947; fate 'Sold - No Further Info.' The scanned Reserve Fleet Division status card adds: 'NAME: E. T. BEDFORD / FORMER: GUARDOQUI IX-218'; type 'TW SC TANKER'; speed 10; fleet unit MOBILE; tonnage DWT 15,655; built 'Federal SB Kearny, N.J. 1921'; entered fleet 2-13-46; fuel oil on entry 36,698 gal; dimensions 499.2 x 68.1 x 30.5; ships papers PDX-237; withdrawn 1-28-47 'DELIVERED TO PURCHASER' with custodian note 'award H. H. Buncher Co'; reverse: 'USED BY NAVY AS MOBILE FLOATING STORAGE', '22,491 disp.', 'BHP 3000', '2 Dky. Blrs.' (two donkey boilers). Document set includes a July 1942 Captain of the Port radio apparatus report at San Francisco and USCG photographs dated 1941-42, confirming wartime merchant operation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1921-1947 records
- Population
- NDRF Mobile lay-up and scrapping-chain personnel (1946-47); merchant crew (document set, 1941-42)
- Limitations
- Lay-up/custody record, not a materials or condition survey - contains no asbestos or insulation-content statement. The database 'Specific Type' field shows 'LNG Liquefied Natural Gas,' an impossible entry for a 1921 motorship - a data artifact, flagged and not repeated as fact. Status-card handwriting read from scan; partially legible. '2 Dky. Blrs' documents auxiliary boilers aboard but says nothing about insulation composition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gardoqui-ix218-02
-
[4]NavSource Naval History, Service Ship Photo Archive - USS Guardoqui (IX-218) photo index page [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource IX-218 page, ship chronology and specifications blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource index records: built 1921 as tanker E.T. Bedford at Federal Shipbuilding Co., Kearny, N.J.; assigned Navy registry number ID-4700; acquired by the Navy from the War Shipping Administration 6 June 1945; commissioned USS Guardoqui (IX-218) 23 June 1945 at Pearl Harbor, T.H., LT. Harold L. Tysinger in command; decommissioned 13 February 1946 at Mobile, AL; returned to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, AL, name reverted to SS E. T. Bedford; struck from the Naval Register 12 April 1946; sold by the Maritime Commission 28 January 1947 to H. H. Buncher Co, agent for Liberty Industrial Salvage Co. Specifications: displacement 15,665 t.; length 510'6"; beam 68'; cargo capacity oil 121,800 bbls; armament two single 3"/50 dual-purpose gun mounts; speed 10 kts; complement 70; propulsion two Busch-Sulzer 2-cycle diesel engines, twin propellers, 3,000 BHP. Award ribbons: American Campaign, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign, WWII Victory.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1921-1947
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew (1945-46); NDRF and purchaser handling crews (1946-47)
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained archival compilation rather than an agency page - used for the specific acquisition date, registry number, armament, and disposal chain; acquisition/commission/decommission/strike dates corroborated by DANFS and the MARAD card. Cargo figure (121,800 bbls) differs from MARAD's 119,410 bbls; displacement (15,665) differs from the NHC DANFS transcription (15,655). Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gardoqui-ix218-03
-
[5]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987); shipboard applications consistent with MARAD status card notation '2 Dky. Blrs' (auxiliary boilers aboard) [other_primary]
- Locator
- AJIM 11(3):359-373 (abstract/article); MARAD status card reverse, machinery notes
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference only: U.S. marine construction of the 1920s-1940s routinely applied asbestos-containing insulation to boilers, steam lines, exhaust uptakes, and machinery packing, and asbestos gaskets/fireproofing were standard shipboard materials; peer-reviewed scholarship documents extensive asbestos use as fireproofing and insulation in U.S. shipbuilding of the period. Aboard this hull the asbestos-relevant loci are the two donkey (auxiliary) boilers and associated steam/exhaust lines documented on the MARAD status card, plus era-typical gaskets, packing, and accommodation fireproofing - the ship's main propulsion was diesel (no main boilers).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1921-1947 exposure window; article 1987
- Population
- Construction trades (Kearny, 1921); merchant engine crew (1921-1945); Navy engine/auxiliary spaces crew (1945-46); NDRF and scrapping personnel (1946-47)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference, not a hull record: no source names this vessel for asbestos, and the cited scholarship principally documents the WWII emergency program, roughly two decades after this hull's 1921 construction. The status card confirms auxiliary boilers exist aboard but says nothing about insulation composition. Does not establish presence, quantity, condition, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gardoqui-ix218-04
-
[6]Owens-Illinois, Inc., Industrial Health Survey of Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, NJ (Aug. 30-Sep. 2, 1944) - as profiled in shipyard-exposure-map shipyards.json (yard_id federal-shipbuilding-kearny); documented products: Johns-Manville Superex pipe covering, Owens-Illinois Kaylo pipe/boiler insulation, W.R. Grace Monokote fireproofing, Garlock gaskets [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyards.json entry federal-shipbuilding-kearny; underlying survey at toxicdocs.org
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The builder yard (Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Kearny, NJ - yard that built this hull in 1921) has documented asbestos product use: an Owens-Illinois industrial health survey in late summer 1944 recorded insulators working with asbestos pipe covering and boiler insulation at the yard during WWII peak production.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944 survey; hull built 1921
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding insulators/pipefitters, WWII era (not hull-specific)
- Limitations
- Yard-era context only: the documented survey is August-September 1944 - roughly 23 years after this hull's construction - and no return to the Kearny yard for this vessel is documented (Navy work was at Pearl Harbor). Does not establish that asbestos products were used on this hull in 1921 or at any time; included to bound the related_shipyards link.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gardoqui-ix218-05
-
[7]Auke Visser's International Esso Tankers site, E. T. Bedford page, reproducing Miramar Ship Index data (ON 221269, ID 2221269; launch 17 May 1921; completion June 1921; yard no. 48; owner sequence Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey / Standard Shipping Co. Inc. 1927-35 / Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey / U.S. Navy 1945 / U.S. Govt. 1946; 'Scrapped at Mobile 04.1947'; sisterships E. M. Clark, E. J. Sadler, Walter Jennings, J. A. Moffett) [other_primary]
- Locator
- aukevisser.nl/inter/id107.htm, Miramar extract table and history block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Specialist tanker register corroborates identity chain E. T. Bedford -> IX-218 Guardoqui -> E. T. Bedford and supplies day-level particulars not in official records: launched 17 May 1921, completed June 1921, Federal yard no. 48, registered-owner sequence 1921-1946, and scrapping at Mobile April 1947.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1921-1947
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary register (Miramar data via a private tanker-history site), not an official source: launch date, yard number, and scrap date are unverified against a primary register - derbysulzers.com gives yard no. 49, conflicting; carried for context only. Where it overlaps DANFS/MARAD (name chain, Navy period) it agrees.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gardoqui-ix218-06
-
[8]MARAD Reserve Fleet Division status card for E. T. BEDFORD, former GUARDOQUI IX-218 (custodian note 'award H. H. Buncher Co', withdrawal 1-28-47 'DELIVERED TO PURCHASER'); DANFS Guardoqui entry ('sold to her previous owner, E. T. Bedford'); NavSource IX-218 page ('sold ... to H. H. Buncher Co, agent for Liberty Industrial Salvage Co.'); NHC DANFS transcription vs hazegray transcription (15,655 vs 15,665 tons) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Status card front box 21-22; DANFS entry disposition clause; NavSource chronology
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Discrepancies resolved/bounded: (a) Name - DANFS itself records that the intended name Gardoqui was erroneously spelled Guardoqui when assigned to IX-218; both spellings are in the record and both were searched. (b) 1947 purchaser - DANFS says 'sold to her previous owner, E. T. Bedford,' while the contemporaneous MARAD status card records withdrawal 1947-01-28 'delivered to purchaser' with custodian note 'award H. H. Buncher Co' and NavSource identifies Buncher as agent for Liberty Industrial Salvage Co.; the status card (a government custody record written at the time) is carried as controlling. (c) Displacement - the NHC DANFS page prints 15,655 tons, hazegray/NavSource print 15,665; carried as a transcription variant.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1946-1947
- Limitations
- Reconciles publication-level discrepancies between primary and secondary sources; possible reconciliation (sale routed through a salvage agent rather than literally to the former owner) is plausible but not documented, so the conflict is stated, not resolved away. No asbestos content in any source cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gardoqui-ix218-07
-
[9]Batch-4775 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live 404s; Wayback NHC capture), hazegray transcription, NavSource, MARAD ShipHistory 1314 + status card + document set, NVR, CourtListener opinion/docket searches on 'Guardoqui', 'Gardoqui', 'E. T. Bedford', 'IX-218', specialist registers (Auke Visser/Miramar) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-gardoqui-ix218-01 through sl-uss-gardoqui-ix218-15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum/registry file, or docketed case naming this hull (under either spelling, either name, or the hull number) was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener returned zero qualifying hits - all results were name collisions (persons surnamed Gardoqui; Edward T. Bedford the industrialist; an unrelated Illinois appellate string). None is expected to exist for a hull scrapped in 1947.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1921-built hull with auxiliary boilers is era-consistent with retained asbestos-containing materials in lagging, gaskets, and packing. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gardoqui-ix218-08
-
[10]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel / deck logs), RG 26 (U.S. Coast Guard - merchant vessel logbooks distributed by port), RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission) and RG 248 (War Shipping Administration) for acquisition/disposition files; ship's papers jacket PDX-237 referenced on the MARAD status card [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Guide to Federal Records RG 24/26/178/248 entries; MARAD status card box 21 (ship's papers PDX-237)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): NARA RG 24 deck logs for IX-218 covering the June 1945-February 1946 commission period; RG 26 merchant vessel logbooks for E. T. Bedford distributed to regional facilities by port of submission (her wartime ports included San Francisco); RG 178/RG 248 records of the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration for the 1945 acquisition and the 1947 sale (the status card references ship's papers jacket PDX-237); NDRF Mobile (Twelvemile Island) lay-up records 1946-47.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1921-1947 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gardoqui-ix218-09
-
[11]USS Boston (CA-69), Action Report for period 3 September 1945 to 1 November 1945, serial 0293, dated 14 November 1945 (NARA/Fold3 scan mirrored at mansell.com; declassified per NARA NDG stamp, E.O. 13526) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Serial 0293, page -4- of narrative (PDF image 4), entry for 25 September 1945
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- A contemporaneous U.S. Navy action report records that on 25 September 1945 USS Boston entered Tokyo Bay with Task Unit 53.7.1, anchored in berth E-17 at 0830, got underway at 1130 and proceeded to berth F-21 'to refuel from USS GUARDOQUI (IX 218),' returning to berth E-17 at 1500. A primary Navy document confirming the IX-218 designation, the as-commissioned spelling GUARDOQUI, and the vessel's mobile floating storage fueling function at Tokyo four days after her DANFS-recorded 21 September arrival.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-09-25
- Population
- USS Boston crew alongside during refueling; IX-218 crew (individuals not identified)
- Limitations
- Third-party mirror of a Fold3/NARA scan; page verified visually at the 25 September 1945 entry (scan is image-only, no text layer). Documents one refueling event, the spelling, and the hull number - not the ship's full service history, cargo contents beyond this fuel statement, asbestos aboard, or any individual exposure. Adopted from the prior batch session's commit fc74f4af after independent verification.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gardoqui-ix218-10
-
[12]United States Shipping Board, Thirteenth Annual Report, fiscal year ended June 30, 1929 - vessel ownership list and particulars table entries for E. T. Bedford (live maritime.dot.gov URL returns 403 to automated fetch; verified via Wayback capture 2025-03-24) [other_primary]
- Locator
- USSB 13th Annual Report (1929), vessel ownership list (Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey section) and particulars table, entry 'E T Bedford'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The 1929 U.S. Shipping Board annual report lists 'E T Bedford' among Standard Oil Company of New Jersey tonnage as a 'Motor ship tanker,' length 499 feet (sister motorship 'J A Moffett Jr' adjacent in the same ownership list) - an official interwar record that this hull was already diesel-powered by 1929 and corroborating her merchant identity and owner of record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1929
- Limitations
- Official register-type source but a scanned table: extracted text confirms type 'Motor ship tanker' and 499-ft length; the deadweight/knots column values attributed in the prior session's draft (15,100 dwt, 11 kts) are partially garbled in the scan's text layer and are not repeated here. Documents merchant particulars only - no Navy service and no asbestos or materials information. Adopted from prior commit fc74f4af after independent verification.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gardoqui-ix218-11
